Monday 20 May 1991 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 19:187:18 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:295:29 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:025:02 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:185:18 AM
Vṛddhi gives way to Dhruva.
Noon
12:3612:36 PM
The Sun 63° above S. Day length 15 h 10 m.
sunrise to sunrise
The day and the night, each in eight parts, named by the weekday. Amṛta, Śubha and Lābha are good to begin things in; Cara is neutral; Udvega, Kāla and Roga are avoided.
Day sunrise to sunset
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
05:025:02 AM to 29:015:01+1 AM
Times after midnight keep counting: 27:31 is 03:31 tomorrow, and still today.A time marked +1 is after midnight: tomorrow by the calendar, and still today.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Saptamī | 17:295:29 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 19:037:03 PM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 05:185:18 AM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 06:206:20 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:01 05:015:01 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:513:51 AM | 05:025:02 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:513:51 AM | 04:264:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:094:09 AM | 05:025:02 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:025:02 AM | 08:048:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:566:56 AM | 08:498:49 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:048:04 AM | 11:0611:06 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:208:20 AM | 09:519:51 AM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4310:43 AM | 12:3712:37 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0612:06 PM | 13:071:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:071:07 PM | 14:082:08 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:082:08 PM | 17:105:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:312:31 PM | 16:244:24 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:083:08 PM | 16:094:09 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:094:09 PM | 17:105:10 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:105:10 PM | 20:128:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:315:31 PM | 19:037:03 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:128:12 PM | 21:229:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:128:12 PM | 20:298:29 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:128:12 PM | 21:059:05 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1212:12+1 AM | 25:001:00+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |